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Interesting you are asking about baptism, yes I did wonder. You know that we are vessels of God, but we were in the world before we were drawn to Jesus of the Father. We were vessels taken out of that world. Let's look at a scripture, this concerns the spoil that was taken out of the land of Midian, as it is written, Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. Numbers 31:23. We are baptized in the fire of the Holy Ghost, we are baptized in the water of separation in the name of Lord Jesus. In going through such, we are vessels for God's use.
Some may say, do we have to be baptized in water? Yes, cause that is what we were told to do of Jesus.
Remember Naaman, the leper was told to dip seven times in Jordan and he would be clean. And he didn't want to do what he was told, but his servants persuaded him to do so, to wash and be clean. So after the seventh time did Naaman notice his skin like that of a baby's skin. Naaman didn't want to follow the instruction, but later on he did and when he did, he was blessed.
You are absolutely right, in Mark 16:15-16 the Bible also made it clear that it is impossible to be saved without believing and getting baptized and also Acts 2:37-42 also showed us the example of people believing and getting Baptised and being added to the church.
We just have to search the scriptures more, I'm very sure the church is because Christ has told his disciples that some of them will not die until they see the kingdom come with power and on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2 we read that the Apostles while they were in Jerusalem where Christ has told them to wait for the holy spirit to come upon them.
On that same day, we were made to understand that Peter out of the eleven stood by and spake to the people. Moving forward, we were made to understand that every man that came to Jerusalem that day from different parts of the world could understand what the apostles were saying in their own language. And after Peter was through, we read that the people asked a question in Acts 2:37-38, men and brethren what shall we do to be saved and Peter said to them, repent and be Baptised for the remission of your sins and that day it was recorded that about 3000 souls were Baptised into the church and they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, in prayers and in the breaking of bread.
These are some things that I have read and it has made me understand that they church is around us, we just have to pray that God adds us to his church because only he has the power to do so, we can't join he adds us.
Thank you so much for your continuous contributions, I'm really happy you are here.
Sure, I don't mind contributing. Can I ask you a question? What do you think of the firmament?
You see the firmament is that which divided the waters from above the firmament from the waters that were below the firmament as mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis. From the scriptures I believe that the firmament is solid and strong, as it is written, Hast thou with him spread out the sky, strong, as a molten looking glass? Job 37:18. It is written again, And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. Ezekiel 1:22. So from these scriptures I see that the firmament is strong and as molten looking glass and as the color of terrible crystal.
You see there is no outer space, like how Hollywood wants us to believe and as the fake scientist want us to believe. No I don't think that the Apollo missions went to the moon. I believe it was all Hollywood. For how could anything man made break through God's firmament? It is even mentioned in scripture that the sun, moon and stars are in the firmament. As it is written, And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, Genesis 1:16-17. It is also written, And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Genesis 1:8.
Remember Paul talking about the third heaven? As it is written, I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 2 Corinthians 12:2. So we know there are three heavens. What is the first heaven? As it is written, And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. Genesis 1:20. So this is the first heaven, that which is under the solid firmament, where the birds fly. The second heaven is the firmament where there is the sun, moon, and stars are located in the solid molten glass like structure that is like terrible crystal. Then what is the third heaven? That is where the Son of God and the Father are. Remember Stephen looking up and seeing the heavens open? As it is written, But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Acts 7:55-56. So Stephen before he was stoned, seen the first and second heavens open up so he could see into the third heaven where he seen Jesus standing on the right hand of God.
I just wanted to ask you what you thought about the firmament.
Also there was a high ranking man in NASA that mentioned a scripture on his tombstone. On his tombstone he had written, Psalm 19:1. So lets look at that scripture, as it is written, The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Psalm 19:1. So even Wernher von Braun of NASA wanted us to look into the firmament. I think Wernher von Braun of NASA started to look into the scriptures to find certain answers.